Well the grunts who sleep in the dirt can thank the POGS ( persons other than grunts) in admin and disbursing, and supply etc who keep their pay, orders, transportation etc all in order for them...who do they think keeps track of the promotions to ensure the records are correct so they get the pay for the new rank, or the leave time recorded, and all the other administrative requirements are achieved? Good lord these stupid civilians who never even tried boot camp seem to know all about the life a military person..the deployments, the holidays apart from families the fact that we are not paid for an 8 hour day, we are on call for 24 hours a day and so much more....
Thanks. It’s true that being away from home is often the hardest part. I didn’t have to be away nearly as long as many others and had it easy in that respect.